Fire-kindler.



G. POELLOTH. FIRE KINDLBR.

APILIOATION FILED MAB. 2. 1911.

Patented June 27, 1911.

J 11 WITNESSES GEORGE POELLOTH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FIRE-KINDLER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 11119 27, 1911 Applicationfiled March 2, 1911.

Serial No. 611,789.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE POELLOTI-I, a subject of the German Emperor,and resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFire-Kindlers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in means for kindlingfires, and has for one of its objects to provide a device of thischaracter which is capable of manufacture on a commercial scale, or inother words which is not so diflicult to produce as to be beyond thereasonable cost of such an article.

Another object of the invention is to produce a fire kindler which isadapted to be operated above or below the grate of a stove or the liketo heat the fuel therein in a very short time to the point of ignition.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in thecombination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be madein the size and proportion of the several parts and minor details ofconstruction without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of theimproved kindler; Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 22 of Fig.1; Fig. 3is a front elevation of a detail of construction; and Fig. 4 is asection taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, the numeral 4 indicates a closed receptacle, which isprovided with an opening 5 through which the liquid fuel is poured intosaid receptacle. This opening is normally closed by means of a plug 6 ofany suitable construction. In one of its walls, and more particularly inthe rear wall 7 of the receptacle, is formed a screw threaded opening 8,the threads 9 of which mesh with the threads of a tubular handle 10,which is open at its free end 11. To the inner surface of the wall 7 ofthe receptacle is hinged a disk valve 12, adapted to close the openingSin said wall. A perforation 13 is formed in the tubular handle 10 nearto its inner end, and adapted to be closed by a disk valve 14, hinged at15 to the inner surface of said tubular handle. A piston 16 of anvsuitable construction is reciprocatably arranged in said handle, andattached to a piston rod 17, the outer end of which carries an operatinghandle 18.

In the front wall 19 of the receptacle 4 are provided two openings 20,20, registering with openings 21 in the flanges 22, 22 which areattached to the front wall 19. These flanges, together with the disks23, 23 fastened thereto, form sockets for the spherical ends 24, 24 of aU-shaped tubular member 25, which is provided with perforations 26, 26in the inner faces of its legs and base. In the spherical ends 24 of theU-shaped member are formed ducts 27 27, which run in the direction ofthe longitudinal axes of the legs of the U-shaped member 25, and areadapted to register, when the U-shaped member is in its horizontalposition, with the openings 21 and 20 in the flanges 22 and the wall 19of the receptacle, respectively. The disks 23 have radially arrangedvertical recesses 28, allowing thereby the U-shaped tubular member 25 tobe brought into a substantially vertical position for a purpose to bespecified.

The operation of the device is as follows: The receptacle is filled witha suitable liquid fuel, such as kerosene, and the U-shaped memberbrought into its nearly vertical position, whereby the ducts 27 thereinwill not register with the openings 21 and 20 in the flanges 22 and thewall 19 of the receptacle, respectively. When the piston 16 is nowreciprocated, air will be drawn into the tubular handle 10 through theopening 13 thereof upon the outward stroke of the piston, which airwill, upon the inward stroke of the piston, be transferred into thereceptacle 4. In continuing this operation for some time, a pressure,depending upon the quantity of air forced into said receptacle, will becreated in the same. Obviously the disk valve 12 will be automaticallyclosed by the pressure in the receptacle, so that such pressure will bemaintained therein as long as the tubular member 25 is held in itssubstantially vertical position. When now the U-shaped tubular member 25is brought into its horizontal position, the liquid fuel therein will becaused by the air under pressure to pass out through the perforations 26in the said tubular member in fine sprays to be readily ignited by amatch or other igniting means. When the kindler is now placed into theash pit of the stove in close relation to thefuel above it, its flameswill heat the fuel in the stove resulting in a glowing hot fire within afew minutes, after which the kindler is removed from the ash pit. It is,of course, obvious that if, during the heating of the fuel, the pressurewithin the receptacle l descends below the normal, the pump can beoperated while the tubular member 25 of the kindler is in the ash pit.

It will be noticed that it is not necessary to place the kindler intothe ash pit; the same may be arranged above the grate of the stove bysimply covering its U-shaped member 25 with the fuel to be heated.

What I claim is:

1. In a fire kindler, the combination with a closed receptacle havingtwo openings in its front wall, of an air pump communicating with saidreceptacle, a U-shaped perforated pipe having spherical ends providedwith ducts running in the direction of the longitudinal axes of theparallel portions of said pipe, and recessed disks at- Gopies of thispatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents.

tached to said receptacle for holding said U-shaped pipe shiftablythereon and said ducts in alinement with said openings when said pipe isin its horizontal position and out of alinement when in itssubstantially vertical position.

2. In a fire kindler, the combination with a closed receptacle havingtwo openings in its front wall, of an air pump communicating with saidreceptacle, a U-shaped perforated pipe having spherical ends providedwith ducts running in the direction of the longitudinal axes of theparallel portions of said pipe, and means attached to said receptaclefor holding said U-shaped pipe shiftably thereon and said ducts inalinement with said openings when said pipe is in its horizontalposition and out of alinement when in its substantially verticalposition.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 2nd day of February, A. D. 1911.

GEORGE POELLOTH.

Witnesses SIGMUND Hnnzoe, M. FRIEDLANDER.

Washington, D. C.

